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CASH BOX DRAWER.

No. 368,639. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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CASH-Box DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,639, dated August23. 188'7.

Application filed April 23, 1886. Serial No. 199,901. (Model.)

Io with toll-collecting apparatus 'as toll-collectors for telephones orstreet-car fare-boxes.

The object of my improvement is to automatically close the openingthrough which the coin deposited for toll enters the drawer, so

f that when the drawer with its contents is removed from the box it isat once sealed, and can only be opened by a person appointed for thatpurpose.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my zo invention.

Figure l represents a front elevation of the drawer having the coverraised, the inner wall ofthe cover removed and shown separately, and thecoininlet closed. Fig. 2 represents a similar elevation showing thecoin-inlet open and the position of the parts before closing the coverand placing the drawer in the cash-box. Fig. 3 is a perspective view,and Fig. 4 a section at a a, showing the position of the parts 3o afterthe drawer has been placed in the cashbox. Fig. 5 represents amodiiedform of the drawer. Fig. 6 represents a section of the same at m x afterthe cover has been closed and the drawer placed in the cash-box.

A represents a cash-box such as is used in my telephone-cabinet, forwhich an application for a patent is now pending. The coin passes to thebox through a chute, b.

B is a separate metallic drawer adapted to 4o iit nicely within the boxA.

C is a cover hinged to drawer B, and having its free edge adapted toengage a suitable lock on the front of the drawer. Cover C is madedouble, with a space between its inner and outer walls,its inner wallbeing removable, and

shown disconnected at D, Fig. 1.

d is an opening made through the outer and inner walls of the cover, soas to register with the chute b. Said opening d is closed by a 5o plate,e, arranged to slide between the walls of the cover.

F is a catch-lever, which is held normally in the path of movement ofplate e by aspring, g. Catch-lever F is arranged to engage a notch, h,in the sliding plate when the opening d is closed, as in Fig. 1, and toengage the end of said plate when the openingis open, as in Fig. 2.Plate e is forced forward over the opening d by a spiral spring, t'.

Secured to the inside of the back wall of the cash-box A is a pin, j,which passes through an opening in the edge of cover C when the draweris in position in box A and rests against the catch-lever F, thearrangement being such that the catch-leveris thereby pushed back out ofthe path of plate e, and the end of the plate then rests against theside of the pin.

k and lare studs projecting, respectively, from catch-lever F and platec through slots m and a in the inner wall of the cover.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 there is a long slidingplate, o, which is forced over the opening p by a pair of spiralsprings, I' r, and there are two catch-levers, like t, one at each endof the cover, which operate to hold the plate when the opening p isuncovered. Said catch-levers are connected by a cross-bar, u, whichengages a lug, o, on the plate o, and thus prevents the withdrawal ofthe plate o when closed over the opening p. There are two studs, like w,which pass through the side ofthe cover and, having beveled ends whichengage the correspondingly-beveled ends of the catch-levers, operate todepress and disengage the catch-levers from the plate, the plate thenresting againstthe ends of the studs.

The operation of my device is as follows: Cover C being unlocked andopen, the catchlever is withdrawn by means of its stud lo from the notchh in the plate e, and the plateis then pushed back by means of its studZ until the coin-opening ci is uncovered and the catch-le ver drops overthe end of the plate, thus securing it. Cover C is now closed andlocked, and the drawer is pushed into the box A. Pin j, passing throughthe edge ofthe cover, pushes the catch-lever back and discharges it fromthe plate e, which then rests against the pin. Coins passing down chuteb now pass into the drawer B through the opening d. When the drawer isremoved from the box, pin j, being IOO secured to the box, is withdrawn,and the ing, and the drawers are opened at a central springt' shootsplate e forward over the opening d,and the catch-lever F falls into thenotch h, thus locking the plate'in position over the opening. All accessto the contents of the drawer is now cut off, except to the personholding the key to the lock which secures the cover.

In the modification shownin Figs. 5 and 6 the operation is practicallythe same. The studs w engage the catch-levers t, and operate to depressand thereby disengage them from the sliding plate o, which then restsagainst the studs until the drawer is withdrawn from the box, when theplate ois shot forward over the openingp by the spr-ings 1^ r, and islocked in place by the bar u.

By the use of this drawer the collections are handled only in bulk bythe persons collectstation by the cashier.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination of the following ele ments,namely: a case or box adapted to receive a drawer, a drawer havingalocked cover, said cover having an opening communicating 25 with theinterior of the drawer, a sliding plate secured within the cover andarranged to close said opening, a spring arranged4 to push the plateover the opening, a catch also within the cover and arranged to engageand lock said 3o sliding plate when open and when closed, and a studsecured in the case or box and arranged to disengage said catch and holdthe sliding plate from closing, all arranged to co-operate substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cash-box drawer, the combination, with the drawer and a covertherefor having the openings d n m, of the sliding plate e, having lugZ, spring z', catch-lever F, having lug k, and spring g, all arranged toco-operate as lo specified.

CHARLES WITTENBERG.

Witnesses:

H. P. Hoon, A. M. Hoon. y

